Video: Professor Dwight Whitaker's Research Featured on "ScienceFriday"

Research by Professor of Physics Dwight Whitaker has been featured on the Science Friday, a weekly science talk show that airs on public radio stations as part of NPR's "Talk of the Nation." The research, conducted with Professor of Biology Joan Edwards of Williams College, shows, via high-speed video, that sphagnum moss have an explosive method of spore dispersal, which generates tiny mushroom clouds. The research was published in the journal Science and also featured in the New York Times.